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Chapter 2 |
| 1 | And Solomon
determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his
kingdom. |
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| And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to
bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand
and six hundred to oversee them. |
| 3 | And Solomon sent to Huram the
king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send
him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
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| 4 | Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it
to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread,
and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the
new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance
for ever to Israel. |
| 5 | And the house which I build is great: for
great is our God above all gods. |
| 6 | But who is able to build him an
house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I
then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before
him? |
| 7 |
Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in
silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and
that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in
Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. |
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8 | Send me also cedar trees,
fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can
skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy
servants, |
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| Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house
which I am about to build shall be wonderful great. |
| 10 | And, behold,
I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand
measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty
thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. |
| 11 | Then
Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because
the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. |
| 12 |
Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and
earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and
understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his
kingdom. |
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| And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with
understanding, of Huram my father's, |
| 14 | The son of a woman of the
daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold,
and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue,
and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to
find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with
the cunning men of my lord David thy father. |
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15 | Now therefore the
wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let
him send unto his servants: |
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16 | And we will cut wood out of Lebanon,
as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to
Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. |
| 17 | And Solomon
numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering
wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred
and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. |
| 18 | And he set
threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore
thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred
overseers to set the people a work. |
